Random MLB News & Discussion 2014

[guylanderfridancies]

Former Brewers Blake Lalli and Kameron Loe involved in this ugly AAA brawl between the D-Backs and Dodgers affiliates (Reno and Albuquerque). Here is the Deadspin Link.

 

Lol, it looks like the catcher had to say something while he was throwing the ball that pissed the batter off. I like the helmet throw-and-run. ridiculous.

[Eye Black]

Rockies give away Tulowitzki shirseys, misspelled as Tulowizki Must be a ploy by the front office to ease a future trade. They will just point to the shirseys and say, see he wasn't that big of a star if we couldn't even spell his name right.

One day later it is Tulowitzki himself making headlines. I am assuming this will not sit well with the Rockies: Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki watches game at Yankee Stadium

 

Edit: Here is the Denver Post story... I also got a kick out of his Arrested Development t-shirt.

[adamb100]

MLB recorded its 2 millionth strikeout today with Norichika Aoki striking out in the bottom of the 7th.

[Lee16]

We all know the Brewers are not exactly great on the base paths, but if they ran themselves out of an inning the way the Pirates did this afternoon, the rage on this board would cause the internet to explode.

 

I can't find a video, but to sum up:

 

Pirates lead 5-4 in the 6th inning.

Pirates have men on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out.

Pirate batter walks to load the bases.

Pirate on 2nd base apparently decides now is a good time to stand 20 feet off the base for no reason and is caught in a rundown, being tagged out about 15 feet from 3rd base.

The Pirate on 3rd base, despite watching his buddy be tagged out right in front of him, decides to go for the ol' bamboozle play and begins jogging casually toward home plate and is thrown out by approximately 70 feet, thus ending the inning.

Bases loaded with 1 out becomes inning over with no runs scored on the traditional "walk 'em, throw 'em out, throw 'em out" double play.

[sveumrules]

The Brewers are actually pretty great on the basepaths, currently 5th in MLB in value added on the bases per fangraphs.

 

It just goes to show that people will harp on and remember the negatives while ignoring and forgetting all the times the team's aggresive baserunning pays off.

 

This applies to offense, defense and pitching too. A great example is people who complain about Gomez's approach despite that approach having produced the 14th most batting runs in MLB thus far, more than Lucroy and his "more ideal" approach.

[Baldkin]

The Brewers are actually pretty great on the basepaths, currently 5th in MLB in value added on the bases per fangraphs.

 

It just goes to show that people will harp on and remember the negatives while ignoring and forgetting all the times the team's aggresive baserunning pays off.

 

This applies to offense, defense and pitching too. A great example is people who complain about Gomez's approach despite that approach having produced the 14th most batting runs in MLB thus far, more than Lucroy and his "more ideal" approach.

 

The Brewers also have an amazingly fast team. I'd wager the only position they have that has below average speed is 3B, this will help them in those statistics.

[WinkelsasVsSoriano]

Here's the video. Can't say I've ever seen that before...

[igor67]

I choose to happily embrace the Pirates helping to keep us in first. I wonder if they also have an "if we miss the playoffs thread..."?

[hawing]

Former Brewers Blake Lalli and Kameron Loe (among many other) involved an ugly AAA brawl between the D-Backs and Dodgers affiliates (Reno and Albuquerque). Here is the Deadspin Link (with video).

Kameron Loe also broke his right hand in the brawl.

[jerichoholicninja]

I think this was the July 31 that baseball fans want to see every year. Lots of trades. Lots of players traded. And lots of big names moving around. Very fun day to be a fan.

[sveumrules]

With us facing Hunter Pence this series thought I'd throw up a link to this "scouting report" that was released around the time the Diamond Mines Scouting Report Database went live...

 

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2599085/PENCE.jpg

[jerichoholicninja]

Adam Dunn pitched an inning for the White Sox tonight.

[owbc]

Adam Dunn now has the 6th most HR in MLB history of any player who has pitched at least once.

[Warning Track Power]

Adam Dunn pitched an inning for the White Sox tonight.

So what you're saying is he can fill our gaping holes at 1B and RP simultaneously?

[jerichoholicninja]

Adam Dunn pitched an inning for the White Sox tonight.

So what you're saying is he can fill our gaping holes at 1B and RP simultaneously?

 

No. The White Sox are stretching him out and he's going to take Garza's starts until he's healthy.

[WV Brew]

Heard on the radio today that Mark Attanasio is under consideration for commissioner. I wish him the best but I hope for the sake of the Brewers that this does not happen.

[sveumrules]

Maybe he was in consideration at one point, but I believe the finalists have been narrowed down to Rob Manfred, Tim Brosnan and Tom Werner at this point.

[narwhalattack]

So I read this tweet and at first I thought that it was talking about Zack Greinke.

 

[TooLiveBrew]

Given his PA total, I wonder if injury issues have played a role this season, but Mark Trumbo has been a disaster for the D-Backs so far.

 

.219/.264/.388/.652 coming into play tonight. Brutal.

[Patrick425]

There have been 4 expansion teams in the last 20 years. They are Miami, Tampa, Arizona, and Colorado. Miami and Arizona are last and 2nd last in the NL in attendance. Tampa Bay is last in the AL. Colorado, arguably the team that has enjoyed the least success of these 4 teams, has always done well attendance-wise and is currently ranked 4th in the NL in attendance.

[jerichoholicninja]

There have been 4 expansion teams in the last 20 years. They are Miami, Tampa, Arizona, and Colorado. Miami and Arizona are last and 2nd last in the NL in attendance. Tampa Bay is last in the AL. Colorado, arguably the team that has enjoyed the least success of these 4 teams, has always done well attendance-wise and is currently ranked 4th in the NL in attendance.

 

Another fun fact is those 4 teams have won a combined 3 World Series titles and each has at least made a World Series appearance. Meanwhile, the Brewers have done none of that in the same time frame.

[sveumrules]

I don't really see a fix attendance wise for MIA, TB or ARI. Lots of transplants in those states. At least ARI saw a nice spike around their World Series season, MIA not so much. TB puts out a competitive team year in and year out & it doesn't seem to matter with their stadium situation. They should relocate to Brooklyn, change their name to the Ray-Bans.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I'm stumped as to why/how the Marlins got/spent money on a new stadium. Anyone that thought a new location/stadium was going to change their attendance whooaas had their head in the clouds.

 

Same with the Rays. I know their joint is a dump, but come on, they have had like a bunch of 90 win seasons in a row (this one notwithstanding) and a WS appearance, and the fans more or less simply don't care. Brooklyn seems like a good place, though I'm sure the Yankees and Mets would fight that tooth and nail.

 

Portland?

Memphis?

Nashville?

Indianapolis?

 

Something has to be better than anyplace in Florida.

[trwi7]

Tampa's park is not only awful to watch a game but it's also in an awful location. Put a park closer to their fan base and I think they would do well.

[Patrick425]

The thing with Tampa though is that they play NY and Boston a lot. You think they would draw a lot for those games.